would you rather quote herbert hoover or franklin delano roosevelt? [applause] would you rather quote richard nixon or john fitzgerald the republicans have always been the party of privilege. but this year their leaders have gone even further. in their platform they have repudiated the best traditions of their own party. ofre is the conscience lincoln in the party of lincoln? republicanional commitment to fiscal responsibility? what happened to their position around safe and sane arms control? i don't claim perfection for the democratic already. claimed that every decision we have made has been right popular. certainly, they have not all been easy. but i will say this, we have been tested under fire. we have neither not nor hidden. ed nor hidden. [applause] the historic challenges of peace and energy have been ignored for years. we have made tough decisions and taken the for them. we have made mistakes and we have learned from them. we have built a foundation now for a better future. we have done something else. perhaps even more important. bad, in th

franklin delano roosevelt.applause] and we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give them hell, harry truman. [applause] and as truman said, he just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. and we are a party of a gallant man, john fitzgerald kennedy. [applause] and we're the party of a great leader, lyndon baines johnson. [applause] and the party of a great man who should have been president, who would have been one of the greatest presidents in history. [applause] i have appreciated what this convention is offering. a great man who epitomizes the democratic party. and i would like to say that we are also the party of governor jerry brown and senator edward kennedy. [applause] i would like to say a personal word to senator kennedy. ted, you are a tough competitor and a superb campaigner, i can attest to that. [applause] your speech before this convention was a magnificent statement of what the democratic party is and what it means to the people of this country. and while a democratic vict

on the 12th of april death took the commander in chief, president franklin delano roosevelt.ived to see the advancement of u.s. arms, but death took way the satisfaction that it would bring. less than a month after president roosevelt's death, germany surrendered. hitler was dead by his own hand. only a few days before mussolini had been killed by italian partisans. to his home shores, general eisenhower returned in triumph. but in the pacific, a war was still going on. a big and bitterly fought war with the end not yet in sight. okinawa was a bloody battleground as our tenth army was finding out. it took us 82 days of continuous fighting to take okinawa. kamikaze attacks on our navy took a heavy toll, but we fought back, never letting up. >> all the military might of the united states would now be concentrated on the japanese homeland. a tough job lay ahead. a job that would take man and equipment. our entire military strength was now aimed at the one remaining axis partner. our military planners estimated that in an all-out assault on japan itself, our invasion forces would

i know what kind of a dream franklin delano roosevelt and harry s. truman and john f. kennedy would dream if they were here tonight. and i think that i know what kind of a dream you want to dream. tonight, we of the democratic party, confidently go before the people offering answers, not retreat, offering unity, not division, offering hope, not fear or smear. we do offer the people a choice, a choice of continuing on the courageous and the compassionate course that has made this nation the strongest and the freest and the most prosperous and the most peaceful nation in the history of mankind. to those who have sought to divide us, they have only helped to unite us. to those who would provoke us, we have turned the other cheek. so as we conclude our labors, let us tomorrow turn to our new task. let us be on our way. [applause] the presidents, available in paperback, hardcover, and e-book for public affairs. presents biographies of every presidents, inspired by conversations with noted historians. in this presidential election year, as americans decide who should lead ou

washington monument and asked god in his providence to save our nation 2 weeks after pearl harbor franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill and just inside they said our people and of course to victory in the 2nd world war in recent months our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful invisible enemy like those brave americans before us we are meeting this challenge us we are delivering lifesaving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year or maybe even sooner. we will defeat the virus and the pandemic and emerge stronger than ever before thank you and what united generations past was an unshakable confidence in america's destiny and an unbreakable faith in the american people they knew that our country is blessed by god and has a special purpose in this world it is that conviction that inspired the formation of our union our westward expansion the abolition of slavery. the passage of civil rights the space program and the overthrow of fascism tyranny and communism this towering american spirit has prevailed over every challenge and lifted us to the

that was franklin delano roosevelt's words as he accepted the democratic nomination for president in 1932. [applause] the time is now, my fellow americans to recapture our destiny, take it into our own hands. to do this, we will take away many of -- it will take many of us working together. i ask you tonight all over this land to volunteer your help in this cause so that we can carry on our message throughout the land. peoplet time that we the carry out those unkept promises that we pledged to each other and to all america on this july later that now we intend to do just that. [applause] [cheering and chanting] i thought of something that is not a part of my speech. i am worried over whether i should do it. can we doubt that only a divine providence placed this land, this island of freedom here as a refuge for all of those people in the world that urine -- yearn to breathe free. of southeast asia, cuba and haiti, the victims of drought, famine in africa, the freedom fighters in afghanistan and our own countrymen held in savage captivity. beenl confess that i have a little afraid to s

it's as the groundwork for why he was challenging franklin delano roosevelt. >> he ran against roosevelt and the new deal and against the tide of policies and politics represented by the new deal. we will have a good opportunity to talk about those in detail. it was a fairly standard political speech, but not a fairly standard political rally. it was a massive rally. 150,000-200,000 people in the small indiana town in august at a time when as hoosiers say, you can hear the corn grow. he spoke with eloquence, yet the atmosphere was such the speech was a bit flat in terms of the audience, in terms of the reception. that was not the best part for the campaign. we now know looking back that it was rather indicative of the campaign itself -- some of the difficulties that the amateur had. >> one note about the speech, it was heard on radio by millions of americans. >> this was the time for radio. people sat by the radio and listened intently. >> you ever written extensively about the new deal. this is now eight years after franklin roosevelt promised a new deal for the american people, yet une

in 1930 in a wipeout in of people a landslide and that presale franklin delano roosevelt's great victory in 1932 and then the 3rd crisis the racial crisis we had a racial crisis and a crisis of one order in the night late 1960 s. lyndon johnson was the incumbent president democrat and he and he was the one who paid the price and so that did the democratic party for all. the up people and now trump is the incumbent and he's attempting to escape his responsibility famously saying about the penn the pandemic i don't take any responsibility at all but. with that in the law in order in the portland incident it's reminiscent is in the especially the lafayette square incident it's reminiscent to me of nothing so much is what herbert hoover did in 1932 when unemployed veterans came to washington and tamp down along in a costly and potomac river as intense and hoover sent the u.s. army to disperse them it was a deeply unpopular. a military instrument and that's what trump has done so he has compounded all of these crisis. and he bears the burden of all of these his in the historical examples all

>> i franklin delano roosevelt do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. i will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states and so help me god. >> charles evan hughes swearing in franklin delano roosevelt. his legacy, especially during the court packing era, is something we have discussed. i want to go back and talk about the 1916 election. if he had one that and woodrow wilson had not won a second term, how would the world have been different? >> that is a very consequential question. it is hard to reconstruct how it would have been so different in some critical factor had not taken place. wilson was a president to lead us into the entry into world war i and move us forward. i think he is somebody that history regards very well. understanding the character of the person that charles evan hughes was, it is hard for me to think we would be poorly served during that critical time by somebody who had done some exceptionally well in such a tight. i think he would be very comfortable in lea

set the tone and the direction themselves and the party that was the democratic party of franklin delano rooseveltnd the new deal or lbj and the great society was a very difrent party than the party of bill clinton. and the era of big government is over. right? so to what extent is the gop, again, like the democratic party, this dynamic organism that has succumbed to a person that doesn't represent any of the values or the principles that its predecessors or successors had represented, but has just fallen and that falling is a result of not dna, is just a result of circumstances? >> well, you know, i think it's a really interesting point. i mean, you can make a case that the 2016 hillary clinton campaign basically ran against the 1992 bill clinton campaign. you know, what was 100,000 more cops on the street became mass incarceration. what became ending welfare as we know it became inco inequality. so i think the democratic party grew and changed and has evolved to a very different place. what i think is different about the republican party is race. so, if you go back to 1956, eisenhower gets almos

internet was invented -- [cheers and applause] he now leads -- he now leads the party of franklin delano rooseveltbut the only thing he has to offer is fear itself. [cheers and applause] that outlook is typical of many in washington, always seeing the tunnel at the end of the light. but i come from a different place, and it has made me a different leader. in midland, texas, where i grew up, the town motto was, "the sky's the limit," and we believed it. there was a restless energy, a basic conviction that with hard work, anybody could succeed and everybody deserved a chance. our sense of community -- our sense of community was just as strong as that sense of promise. neighbors helped each other. there were dry wells and sand storms to keep you humble, lifelong friends to take your side, and churches to remind us that every soul is equal in value and equal in need. [cheers and applause] this background leaves more than an accent, it leaves an outlook, optimistic, impatient with pretense, confident that people can chart their own course in life. that background may lack the polish of washington. then

joe biden will become the most progressive president since franklin delano roosevelt and that of this moment is what we sne need. >> kamala harris, this is joe biden's future of the democratic party, perhaps a future president and a future nominee is she a future member of the progressive party. >> almost all progressives understand that in this moment we have got to do everything we can to come together to defeat donald trump who in my view is the most dangerous president in the history of this country. as i have said many, many times the day after biden is elected we will be working with the grassroots people of this country, with working people, to stand up to fight for an agenda that works for working families and not just the 1% and that most certainly includes medicare for all. so we are going to rally the american people around an agenda and i look forward to doing that the day after biden is elected. >> very quickly, in the state of wisconsin, kanye west is trying to get on the ballot and one of his petition signatures that apparently right now is being used to get him on the

that was franklin delano roosevelt's words as he accepted the democratic nomination for president in 1932. the time is now, my fellow americans, to recapture our destiny, to take it into our own hands. to do this, it will take many of us working together. i ask you tonight to volunteer your help in this cause so we can carry our message throughout the land. isn't it time that we, the people, carry out those unkept promises? that we pledge to each other and all america on this july day, 48 years later, that now, we intend to do just that. [applause] ronald reagan: i have thought of something that is not part of my speech and worried over whether i should do it. can we doubt that only a divine providence placed this land, this island of freedom, here as a refuge for all those people in the world who yearn to breathe free? jews and christians enduring persecution behind the iron curtain, the boat people of southeast asia, of cuba and haiti, the victims of drought and famine in africa, the freedom fighters of afghanistan, and our own countrymen held in savage captivity. i'll confess that

washington monument and asked god in his providence to save our nation 2 weeks after pearl harbor franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill and just inside they said our people and of course to victory in the 2nd world war in recent months our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful invisible enemy. like those brave americans before us we are meeting this challenge we are delivering lifesaving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year or maybe even sooner. thanks we will defeat the virus and the pandemic and emerge stronger than ever before thanks what united generations past was an unshakable confidence in america's destiny and an unbreakable faith in the american people they knew that our country is blessed by god.

washington monument and ask god in his providence to save our nation 2 weeks after pearl harbor franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill. and just inside they said our people and of course to victory in the 2nd world war in recent months our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful invisible enemy like those brave americans before us we are meeting this challenge we are delivering lifesaving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year or maybe even sooner. thank you we will defeat the virus and the pandemic and emerge stronger than ever before. thank you and what united generations past was an unshakable confidence in america's destiny and an unbreakable faith in the american people they knew that our country is blessed by god and has a special purpose in this world it is that conviction that inspired the formation of our union our westward expansion. the abolition of slavery the passage of civil rights the space program and the overthrow of fascism tyranny and communism this towering american spirit has prevailed over every challenge and lifted u

and so it's not an address from the oval office like franklin delano roosevelt did so many years ago. i think as we look at -- >> that was before -- i was going to say, that was before the tv era. it's a different -- the imagery of the white house as a backdrop is certainly different in the television era. but i hear you saying that it's about convenience -- >> yeah. no, it's not about convenience. i think it's about for most people wanting to understand and hear from the president of the united states on what he's going to do to make sure the next four years continue to build on the last four years. as we look at this, we're going to north carolina. you mentioned that, we're going to north carolina today. but it's not just to the convention center. we're actually going to meet with farmers. we were in wisconsin and minnesota. so this president is willing to travel everywhere and not just convey things from a basement in delaware. >> his willingness to travel and not travel in this particular case, i think it answers the question. let's talk about the issues, in particular the economy

i began political life as a democrat, casting my first vote in 1932 for franklin delano roosevelt.the democrats called for a 25% reduction in the cost of government by abolishing useless commissions and offices and consolidating departments and bureaus. and, giving more authority to state governments. as the years went by and those promises were forgotten, did i leave the democratic party or did the leadership of that party leave not just me, but millions of patriotic democrats who believed in the principles and philosophies of our government? [cheers and applause] one of the first to declare this was a former democratic nominee for president, al smith, the happy warrior. who went before the nation in 1936 to say on radio that he could no longer follow his party's leadership and that he was taking a walk. as democratic leaders have taken their party further and further ,way from its first principle it is no surprise that so many responsible democrats feel that our platform is closer to their views and we welcome them to our side. [applause] pres. reagan: four years ago, we raised a

[cheers and applause] i know what kind of a dream franklin delano roosevelt and harry s truman, and john. kennedy, would dream if they were here tonight. [cheers and applause] and i think that i know what kind of a dream you want to dream. tonight, we of the democratic party, confidently go before the people offering answers, not retreat, offering unity, not division, offering hope, not fear or smear. [cheers and applause] we do offer the people a choice, a choice of continuing on the courageous and the compassionate course that has made this nation the strongest and the freest and the most prosperous and the most peaceful nation in the history of mankind. [applause] to those who have sought to divide us, they have only helped to unite us. [applause] to those who would provoke us, we have turned the other cheek. [applause] so as we conclude our labors, let us tomorrow turn to our new task. let us be on our way. [cheers and applause] >> when barry goldwater accepted the republican nomination for president in 1964, he was a u.s. senator from arizona. elected for terms, he served as senate,

franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill, and, just inside, they set our people on the coursed world war. >> stephen: and right here at this podium, one president broke the law and used te people's house for a go desk campaign event. so much history. he couldn't help but mick a pandemic promise. >> and we'll produce a vaccine before the end of year, or maybe even soon snore maybe even sooner, it's all depending on the results of my pillow guy's experience with ginger root and black market forloco, gets the impurities out. spent most of the time taking pokes at his opponent. >> joe biden is not a savior of america's soul. he is the destroyier of america's jobs and if given the chance, he will be the destroyer of american greatness. >> stephen: wow, for a sleepy guy who doesn't leave his basement, bidey is pretty productive. did i say bidey? >> yes. >> stephen: that's the power couple of power man and bidey. chris christie's in the wings. oh, no! we can't cut into the governor! i know what you're saying, we have to get off so corned can come on or something like that. now you're

two weeks after pearl harbor, franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill and just inside, theyet our people on a course to victory in the second world war. in recent months, our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful invisible enemy. like those brave americans before us, we are meeting this challenge. we are delivering life-saving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the week or maybe even sooner. we will defeat the virus a, endpandemic and emerge stronger than ever before. what united generations past was an unshamable confidence in america's destiny and an unbreakable faith in the american people. they knew that our country is blessed by god and has a special purpose in this world. it is that conviction that inspired the formation of our union, our westward expansion, the abolition of slavery, the passage of civil rights, the space program and the overthrow of fascism, tyranny and communism. this towering american spirit has prevailed over every challenge and lifted us to the summit of human endeavor. and yet, despite all of our g

that is more than franklin delano roosevelt come up more than ronald reagan, more than bill clinton,arack obama got more votes than any other presidential candidates in history in this racist caste system. what disheartening about all of this is oprah comes from the south, she comes not far removed from the jim crow era in the south, when there was a rural palpable concrete racial caste system against african-americans, and when they pretend to be billionaire victims, it is an insult to my ancestors into theirs. >> i need to get this to them tonight. listen to biden on this race question compared the black and latino communities in an interview that ran earlier today. >> unlike the african-american community with notable exceptions, the latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly diverse attitudes about different things spread. >> he tried to clarify that, he said in no way did i mean to suggest that african-american community except he basically said that. the media of course come clean. >> it is unbelievable how often they yield to this idea that the best wa

president trump: two weeks after pearl harbor, franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill andust inside they said our people on a course to victory in the second world war. in recent months, our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful, invisible enemy. like those brave americans before us we are meeting this challenge. so, tonight i ask you a simple question, how can the democratic party asked to lead our country when it spends so much of its time tearing down our country? joe biden is not a savior of america's soul, he is the destroyer of america's jobs and if given the chance he will be the destroyer of american greatness. for 47 years joe biden took the donations of blue-collar workers, give them hugs and he even kisses and told him he felt their pain and then he flew back to washington and voted to ship our jobs to china and many other distant lands. i did what our political establishment never expected and could never forgive, breaking the cardinal rule of washington politics, i kept my promise. [cheering and applause] they are angry at me becau

two weeks after pearl harbor, franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill and just inside a set our people on the course to victory in thesecond world war . in recent months our nation and the entire planet has been struck a new pand powerful, invisible enemy area like those brave americans before us, we are meeting this challenge. we are delivering life-saving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year or maybe even sooner. we will defeat the virus, and the pandemic and emerge stronger than ever before. [applause] what united generations past was an unshakable confidence in america's destiny and an unbreakable faith in the american people. they knew that our country is blessed by god and has a special purpose in this world . it is not conviction that inspired the formation of our union, our westward expansion . the abolition of slavery, a passage of civil rights, the space program and the overthrow of fascism, tyranny and communism. this towering american spirit has prevailed over every challenge and lifted us to the summit of human and never . and yet

. >>> you will be hearing this quote from president franklin delano roosevelt next week at the democraticention. after creating social security and funding it with a dedicated tax withheld from our paychecks which has come to be known as the payroll tax, president franklin roosevelt said, we put those payroll contributions there so as to give the contributors a legal, moral and political right to collect their pensions and their unemployment benefits. with those taxes in there, no damn politician can ever scrap my social security program. and now comes donald trump saying this. >> at the end of the year, the assumption that i win, i'm going to terminate the payroll tax. >> donald trump has now embarked on a presidential campaign in which he is promising to defund social security. he is now the damn politician that fdr anticipated. in order to defund social security, donald trump is trying to defund the post office's ability to process what is sure to be an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots this year. >> there is nothing wrong with getting out and voting. get out and vote. they voted

to weeks after pearl harbor, franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill and just inside theyd it are people on a course to victory in the second world war. in recent months, our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful invisible enemy. like those brave americans before us, we are meeting this challenge. we are delivering lifesaving therapies, and we will produce a vaccine before the end of the year, or maybe even sooner. we will defeat the virus and the pandemic and emerge better than ever before. what united generations past was an unshakable confidence in america's destiny and an unbreakable faith in the american people. they knew that our country is blessed by god and has special purpose in this world. it is that conviction that inspired the formation of our union, our westward expansion, the abolition of slavery, the passage of civil rights, the space program, and the overthrow of fascism, interior need, and communism. this towering american spirit has prevailed over every challenge, and lifted us to the summit, and yet, despite all of our greatn

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>> well, look, it's aspirational. 1932, franklin delano roosevelt did not give an acceptance speech that he gave one that was up and optimistic about the potential to overcome the great challenges that the country faced and i think that would be well advised for the republican convention to project what needs to be done to project a sense of optimism and a hope that if we pull together that these things can be achieved in the country can return to prosperity and return to a forward movement. this stage the democratic convention, i'm not sure it was deeply negative but it wasn't -- it was mostly with blaming president trump for the coronavirus. he better focus on the future and tell people what happens in the next four years. >> chris: susan, i'm also told that republicans want to make this more of a traditional convention, more traditional speeches, more traditional videos, less of what they call a tv show. what do you think the republicans need to do this week? >> i think they need to do two things. they need to reassure the voters who put donald trump in the oval office in the first pl

two weeks after pearl harbor, franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill and just inside, theyple on course to victory in the second world war. in recent months, our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful invisible enemy. like those brave americans before us, we are meeting this challenge. we are delivering lifesaving will produce a vaccine before the end of the year or maybe even sooner. [applause] we will defeat the virus and the pandemic and emerge stronger than ever before. [applause] what united generations past was an unshakable confidence in anrica's destiny and unbreakable faith in the american people. they knew that our country is blessed by god and has a special purpose in this world. it is that conviction that inspired the formation of our expansion,westward the abolition of slavery, the passage of civil rights, the overthrowram, and the of fascism, tyranny, and communism. this powerful american spirit has prevailed over every challenge and has lifted us to the summit of human endeavor. and to get despite all of our greatness as a nation,

franklin delano roosevelt was called a socialist when he pushed forward the most exciting public programsocial security and medicare. i think that this is a common fear tactic. but the reality is that if you look at polls across the country, there is a shrinking minority that responds to fear- based tactics. people understand that generosity in abundance, not fear and scarcity, actually makes america great. those are just labels, but they are going to use those labels the matter what we do. the reality is people need to look at the actual data, look at what other countries around the world who have thriving markets and economies and businesses, but they provide universal health care, they provide universal higher education, they take care of people because they know that at the end of the day, they know what covid-19 has shown us again and again, that we are deeply interconnected in our future and our liberation are wrapped up together. whether you are a white guy in some rural town in idaho or whether you are a progressive immigrant farmworker in california or whether you are just a sma

-- suddenly gained a lot more attention was, of course, a personal tragedy and that was franklin delano roosevelt coming down with polio in 1921. here was a 39-year-old man. is not an infant. from a very well to do family, a very robust man. and suddenly he succumbed to polio at his family's summer home on campobello island. how does the author explain how someone like roosevelt got polio? what had happened in his past or recently to explain this? >> well, he says that he was extremely vulnerable because as a child he didn't have many illnesses and then as he was growing up he became very active. he was traveling the world. he also, like, became exhausted and stressed with the amount of work that he had. prof. mcmillen: okay. >> and that led to being his immune system going down and being, of course, around a lot of other people who he could have contracted the disease from. prof. mcmillen: anybody know anything about roosevelt's childhood? >> he was very, like, wealthy -- prof. mcmillen: extremely. >> -- so he was separated from the mainstream american population which meant that he wasn't -- he